tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post4670671088344400717..comments2016-11-30T20:44:36.586-07:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Coppenhagen ConsensusAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-40067945545772161042010-02-19T00:48:16.603-07:002010-02-19T00:48:16.603-07:00I searched through your blog and could not find an...I searched through your blog and could not find anything on your thoughts on dating. Could you please write something on the topic and especially as related to cheating and particularly the moral implications regarding the cheater (A got boyfriend B) and the one who helps with the cheating (C sleeps A without B knowing about it). Are the moral implications heavier if this cheating is taking place when A &amp; B are married?Tshepang Lekhonkhobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909798726493353059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-59245963489083381452008-03-10T01:42:00.000-06:002008-03-10T01:42:00.000-06:00I don't think the fact that most people in Europe ...I don't think the fact that most people in Europe [except Muslims] are nowadays less preoccupied with, or convinced by, religion than in the past necessarily means that they are more atheist or rational. Most don't concern themselves with philosophies or intellectual doctrines. They aren't educated to, but are brainwashed by consumerism, which suits the multinationals and mainstream media opinion manipulators.<BR/><BR/>Same in the USA, except that religion still has a stronger hold there.anticanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-54703871867494937362008-03-09T18:35:00.000-06:002008-03-09T18:35:00.000-06:00anticantI am aware of some of the failures of Amer...<B>anticant</B><BR/><BR/>I am aware of some of the failures of American society - particularly recent ones - since I write about them on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>However, if atheism/rationalism were as great as many people think, and if Europe were as atheist/rationalist as some people infer from its low amount of religion, then Europe should be significantly eclipsing America at this point.<BR/><BR/>There is something in Europe that is providing as much of a dead weight as fundamentalist religion is in America. I hold that what is holding it back are philosophies that, though they are not religious, are still anti-reason.Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-2992498436126274322008-03-09T12:17:00.000-06:002008-03-09T12:17:00.000-06:00"It is just as plausible to argue that Europe, ins..."It is just as plausible to argue that Europe, instead of discovering the light, has discovered an alternative form of darkness. It is because of this that, in spite of their abandonment of the Christian religion and aversion to Muslim religion, they fail to actually take off as a society."<BR/><BR/>As a European who enjoys your blog, and agrees with a lot that you say, I'd be interested to read your "plausible" arguments on this theme. Please do a post about it!<BR/><BR/>We might also then discuss the failures of American society, as they appear to some of us on this side of the pond...anticanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-9969136694254115732008-03-03T21:38:00.000-07:002008-03-03T21:38:00.000-07:00I didn't watch the video of Lomborg, but I did rea...I didn't watch the video of Lomborg, but I did read his latest book "Cool It". The man is impressive. I highly recommend it. It's actually a very short read.<BR/><BR/>He accepts the data on climate change (from the IPCC) but his conclusions are sane and helpful -- unlike many hysterics on the left and deniers on the right (that seems to be the general ideological distribution).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com